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January 11, 2011
Members In Attendance:
Ruben Blanco
Lew Gaiter
Melissa Chalona
Michael Jones
Staff :
Kimberly Karish
Doug Ryan
Evelyn King
Ryan McShane
Kate Muldoon
Earlie Thomas
Discussion Items:
Maxwell Ranch wind farm. Kimberly Karish provided a status update on the proposal by Colorado State University Research Foundation (CSURF) to site a wind farm on the Maxwell Ranch in northern Larimer County. The CSURF partner, Cannon Power Group, pulled out of the project in December. Cannon indicated that the project was not commercially attractive at this time. Dr. Karish indicated that one reason for this decision was difficulty in securing a commitment from an electric power provider to use the power and provide the electrical interconnect. This is a crucial aspect of the project because it relates to the route and connection for a transmission line from Maxwell Ranch to the power distribution system. CSURF will need to find another suitable partner if the project is to proceed in the future. The EAB decided to classify the status of this project from active to watch on its issue index used to track projects of interest.
Regional Watershed Supply Project EIS. Kimberly Karish provided a status update on the process for preparing an EIS for the Regional Watershed Supply Project. The Army Corps of Engineers is the lead agency for the EIS. The Corps is working with the project proponents (the Million Conservation Resource Group) on the Purpose and Need statement, which is required prior to moving forward on the EIS process. The emphasis of the Purpose and Need will be on obtaining firm commitments from stakeholders committed to purchase water from the project. The Army Corps needs to have a well-defined project in order to identify and evaluate a range of alternatives as required under federal law. At this point a draft EIS is estimated in 2016.
Magnesium chloride road treatment. Doug Ryan reported on an update he received from Dale Miller in the Road and Bridge Department regarding the use of magnesium chloride for dust and roadbed control on County gravel roads. The County has been phasing out the use of magnesium chloride for dust control and has substituted a lignin sulfonate binding agent called X-Hesion. Previous studies performed by Colorado State University researchers in partnership with the County have shown that in some mountain areas magnesium chloride salts cause damage to evergreen trees, or leach into the soil adjacent to roadways. At this point the Road and Bridge Department estimates that by the end of 2011 they will only use magnesium chloride for dust control in limited special circumstances where other materials are not effective.
NISP EIS. Doug Ryan reported on an update he received from Chandler Peter, the Army Corps of Engineers project manager for the Northern Integrated Supply Project EIS. The supplemental draft EIS that was expected to be releases this summer has been postponed until the end of 2011. The main reason is that more time has been needed to prepare the hydrologic model to allow examination of changes to the Poudre River. The model results are needed for the resource teams that will be evaluating fisheries and aquatic insects, wetlands, riparian zones, geomorphology and water quality.
Ozone air quality. Doug Ryan provided an update on planning for ozone air quality attainment in the Denver Metro North Front Range area. The Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) has released a request for proposal for technical assistance for emissions inventory and photochemical modeling to support the preparation of an Ozone Action Plan and State Implementation Plan. This work is necessary because the region is classified as non-attainment for the national 8-hour ozone air quality standard that was adopted in 2008 and is expected to be further strengthened in 2011. The RAQC, working with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is planning on a significant stakeholder involvement process similar to what occurred for the 2008 Ozone Action Plan. Important issues that the County may choose to be involved in include the selection of emission reduction scenarios for computer modeling, and the evaluation and selection of the final emission reduction package to include in the final plan.
Regional Transportation Plan. Evelyn King provided information on the planned update of the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). The 2035 RTP is a long-range plan prepared by the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). The Colorado Department of Transportation has divided the state into fifteen transportation planning regions (TPRs), each of which is required to prepare a RTP. These RTPs are used as the basis for the formulation of Colorados Long Range Statewide Transportation Plan. The current 2035 Plan is required to be updated every four years.
The MPO, as the lead air quality planning agency for Fort Collins and Greeley, is also responsible for air quality conformity determinations on its plans and programs. Thus, the original RTP was subject to a conformity determination, which was positive, and received concurrence from the State Air Quality Control Commission as required by Colorado regulations. Ms. King noted that current 4-year update is classified as a minimal update and is not expected to result in significant changes, but will be subject to the same conformity determination as the original Plan. She will follow the planning process and update the EAB as appropriate.
Prebles Meadow Jumping Mouse. Michael Jones provided an update on the status of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to modify the areas of critical habitat for the Prebles meadow jumping mouse in Colorado and Wyoming. The revised final rule was published on December 15, 2010 and has added about 200 miles of riparian habitat, or approximately 35,000 acres, to the protected habitat. Information about the rule and the mouse is available at: http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/preble/.
BCC Liaison Comments:
Commissioner Gaiter attended the meeting and indicated that he was pleased to be the liaison to the EAB again in 2011. He noted that a number of topics on the EABs issue index are expected to be important during the year, including the Bald Mountain radio tower issue.
Approval of December 2010 Minutes:
Minutes from the December 14, 2010 meeting were approved as presented.
EAB members Melissa Chalona and Evelyn King are scheduled to attend the Solid Waste Departments World Café meeting on January 27. They will provide an update for the Advisory Board at a future meeting.
EAB Issue Index:
Doug Ryan will update the Issue Index related to the topics discussed at the meeting.
February Meeting Agenda:
Doug Ryan will consult with EAB Chair Jennifer Lee regarding items for the next meeting. If only update items are to be scheduled, the meeting may be postponed until March.
The meeting ended at 7:30 PM


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This is how it begins: Proponents of a fringe or non-mainstream scientific viewpoint seek added credibility. They're sick of being taunted for having few (if any) peer reviewed publications in their favor. Fed up, they decide to do something about it.
These "skeptics" find what they consider to be a weak point in the mainstream theory and critique it. Not by conducting original research; they simply review previous work. Then they find a little-known, not particularly influential journal where an editor sympathetic to their viewpoint hangs his hat.
They get their paper through the peer review process and into print. They publicize the hell out of it. Activists get excited by the study, which has considerable political implications.
Before long, mainstream scientists catch on to what's happening. They shake their heads. Some slam the article and the journal that published it, questioning the review process and the editor's ideological leanings. In published critiques, they tear the paper to scientific shreds.
Embarrassed, the journal's publisher backs away from the work. But it's too late for that. The press has gotten involved, and though the work in question has been discredited in the world of science, partisans who favor its conclusions for ideological reasons will champion it for years to come.
The scientific waters are muddied. The damage is done.
This basic story-line describes not one, but two high profile incidents in the past two years. One concerns climate science, the other evolutionary biology. Both are highly politicized fields, and in each case, the incentive to get something into print is considerable for those who want to carry on their political and scientific fight against the accepted, mainstream view.
Take the climate science storyline first. The most definitive account of what happened appeared in a Chronicle of Higher Education article by Richard Monastersky; the New York Times and Wall Street Journal also covered the story.
In early 2003, the small journal Climate Research published a paper by climate change "skeptics" Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, which challenged the established view that the late twentieth century saw anomalously high temperatures. The paper didn't present original research; instead, it was a literature review. Soon and Baliunas examined a wide range of "proxy records" for past temperatures, based on studies of ice cores, corals, tree rings, and other sources. They concluded that few of the records showed anything particularly unusual about twentieth century temperatures, especially when compared with the so-called "Medieval Warm Period" a thousand years ago.
Soon and Baliunas had specifically sent their paper to one Chris de Freitas at Climate Research, an editor known for opposing curbs on carbon dioxide emissions. He in turn sent the paper out for review and then accepted it for publication. That's when the controversy began.
Conservative politicians in the U.S., who oppose forced restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions, lionized the study. Oklahoma Republican Senator James Inhofe called it literally paradigm shifting. The Bush administration attempted to edit an Environmental Protection Agency report's discussion of climate change in order to include reference to the Soon and Baliunas work. None of this should come as a surprise: The paper seemed to undermine a key piece of evidence suggesting that we can actually see and measure the consequences of human-induced climate change.
Soon mainstream climate scientists fought back. Thirteen authored a devastating critique of the work in the American Geophysical Union publication Eos. After seeing the critique, Climate Research editor-in-chief Hans von Storch decided he had to make changes in the journal's editorial process. But when journal colleagues refused to go along, von Storch announced his resignation.
Several other Climate Research editors subsequently resigned over the Soon and Baliunas paper. Even journal publisher Otto Kinne eventually admitted that the paper suffered from serious flaws, basically agreeing with its critics. But by that point in time, Inhofe had already devoted a Senate hearing to trumpeting the new study. However dubious, it made a massive splash.
Now shift to Intelligent Design. The story is newer, and far from over. But already it's looking like Climate Research parte deux, down to the coverage by the Chronicle of Higher Education's Richard Monastersky.
Recently, ID advocate Stephen Meyer of the Discovery Institute published a review article in a little known taxonomic journal called the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (that's D.C.). Focusing on the well-known "Cambrian Explosion," Meyer argued that evolutionary theory could not account for the appearance of new organismal forms in a relatively short period of geological time. Instead, Meyer concluded by suggesting that "intelligent," "rational" agents may have been responsible for the "origin of new biological information." It was the first time the intelligent design movement has published in a peer reviewed biology journal.
Meyer had sent his article to an editor, Richard Sternberg, who sits on the editorial board of the Baraminology Study Group, which studies "creation biology" and is based at Bryan College, a fundamentalist Christian school in Tennessee named (fittingly enough) after anti-Darwin crusader William Jennings Bryan. Sternberg—who is reportedly no longer editor of the Proceedings—sent the paper out to three unnamed reviewers and claims they recommended publication.
Now comes the controversy. The pro-ID Discovery Institute has trumpeted the study, media coverage has begun, and evolution defenders predict ID advocates will use the study to try to get critiques of evolution into public schools by claiming they're based on published science.
Not surprisingly, mainstream scientists are fighting back. Several have authored a devastating critique of Meyer's paper on the blog The Panda's Thumb and are preparing a more thorough version, presumably for publication. The critique charges that Meyer's article systematically ignores relevant scientific literature and contains serious "errors in facts and reasoning." The Biological Society of Washington, meanwhile, has already issued a statement noting that the article represented a "significant departure from the nearly purely taxonomic content for which this journal has been known throughout its 124-year history" and was "inappropriate for the pages of the Proceedings."
But once again, the damage has been done. The Discovery Institute defends Meyer's work and will undoubtedly continue to do so. In response to the statement from the Biological Society of Washington, Discovery has accused the group of imposing a "gag rule on science" (never mind that Meyer's article was beyond the scope and traditional subject matter of the Proceedings). Meanwhile, evolution defenders claim the article in question wasn't even particularly original to begin with.
The political battle over this highly questionable paper will continue for some time.
What conclusions can we draw from these two case studies in the publication of dubious science by peer reviewed journals?
The first is that we shouldn't exaggerate the benefits of peer review or pretend it's an absolute guarantor of scientific truth. On the contrary, the forms, methods, and merits of peer review vary widely both by journal and by standards of practice. Peer review is an important norm in science, and groups who make scientific claims without publishing in the peer reviewed literature should be regarded skeptically on the grounds that they're not actually engaging in the scientific process. But that doesn't mean successfully publishing a single peer reviewed article in a little known journal ensures scientific credibility.
Another conclusion is that in scientific debates with intense political and policy relevance, we shouldn't be surprised that both camps want to claim that the evidence lies on their side. In order to do so, scientists on the fringe will inevitably seek to bolster their credibility through peer reviewed publications. Obscure journals working in controversial areas should therefore enforce rigorous quality standards, while remaining careful not to censor new ideas or limit legitimate scientific debate. They should take the stories of Climate Research and the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington as a serious warning. These journals have now had their reputations dragged through the mud.
Finally, politicians and policymakers need to decrease the incentives for science abuse by showing that they're unwilling to aid and abet it. So long as the James Inhofes of the world devote entire Senate hearings to single, controversial scientific papers, and announce that they shift the scientific paradigm, we will have Climate Research and Proceedings-type controversies. Instead of contested studies hot off the presses, politicians should generally restrict themselves to relying upon the conclusions of major scientific consensus documents, such as reports from the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. In the long run, it would save them considerable embarrassment.

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One on One: A Big East Preview with Jon RothsteinPosted by Walker Carey (@walkerRcarey) on November 3rd, 2014
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RTC: Georgetown had a below average season last year [just 18-15 overall and 8-10 in conference]. There are no two ways around that. Does John Thompson III's team have enough firepower to ensure a more successful campaign this season?


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Eminem's Childhood Home in Detroit Up for Auction
Eminem's childhood home, which was featured on the cover of his 2000 classic album, 'The Marshal Mathers LP,' has recently been placed on the auction block with a minimum bid of $1. Yes, you read that correctly.
Don't be shock by the low price. Ever since Detroit declared bankruptcy, prices on homes in the city have fallen to near record lows. It's an unfortunate state of affairs.
According to Freep.com, the house, located at 19946 Dresden just south of Eight Mile, is being auctioned off by Michigan Land Bank.
According to public records, the home was once owned by Em's mother, Deborah Mathers, from March 1992 until April 2003.
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So, if you want a piece of Eminem, here's your chance to own his crib in a not-so good neighborhood.
The house was up for sale in 2007, and there were no buyers, so it's very unlikely that Em will come and snatch it up. Hopefully, the buzz of his new album, 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2,' will motivate someone to buy the property and restore it for historical purposes.


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BMW's 6 Series Gran Turismo brings SUV, large estate and luxury saloon qualities to a package that offers executives something very different. There's nothing quite like it. Jonathan Crouch reports.
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The BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo is a uniquely styled five-door executive car that certainly won't be for everybody but it is pretty unique. And a great deal more appealing than this model was in its previous 5 Series Gran Turismo guise thanks to smartened styling, improved efficiency, an updated cabin and extra boot space. Choose it over a 5 Series Touring estate if you want more generous rear legroom and extra exclusivity.
You might think that with its 7 Series luxury saloon, its huge 5 Series Touring executive estate and its X5 luxury 4x4, BMW had pretty much covered all the bases for well-heeled business-minded family buyers. Not a bit of it. The Bavarian maker also thinks there's room in the market for a model that combines the best bits of all these cars: long distance comfort, practical carrying space and purposeful elevated SUV style. It's called the 6 Series Gran Turismo. This car is a development of the old 5 Series Gran Turismo model that the Bavarian maker launched back in 2009 and like its predecessor, it aims to combine sports car looks with executive saloon space. This time round, the styling is longer and sleeker and there's more interior space and lighter weight. The xDrive 4WD system is standard on most models too. So how does it all stack up?
Driving Experience
For our market, three engines are being offered - two petrol units and one diesel. Most buyers will choose the single diesel model, a 630d variant powered by a 263bhp 3.0-litre six-cylinder engine. The petrol options are the 630i and 640i derivatives, which use a 255bhp 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo and more potent 335bhp 3.0-litre six-cylinder turbo respectively. The engines all feature the usual BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and all variants have to have an eight-speed Steptronic auto transmission with paddles as standard. The 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol unit in the 630i Gran Turismo manages zero to 62mph in 6.3 seconds. The 3.0-litre six-cylinder in-line petrol engine in the 640i xDrive variant improves the sprint figure to 5.3 seconds. The 630d version accelerates from zero to 62mph in 6.1 seconds. BMW's xDrive four-wheel-drive system is available on all but the entry-level petrol model. All versions feature self-levelling air-suspension on the rear axle. Two-axle air-suspension plus adaptive dampers are available as an option. As usual with BMWs, there's a 'Drive Performance Control' system to adjust the car's settings according to the driving conditions. As well as an efficiency-minded 'ECO PRO' mode, the set-up has 'COMFORT' and 'SPORT' settings, while customers who choose the 'Adaptive' and 'Executive Drive' options that include adaptive damping add 'COMFORT+' and 'ADAPTIVE' modes to the Drive Performance Control selection.
Design and Build
In place of the lumpy, clunky looks of the old 5 Series Gran Turismo model, there's a more eye-catching profile this time round. The 6 Series Gran Turismo is 87mm longer and 21mm lower than its predecessor and 64mm of height has been shaved off the rear end to give the car a sportier stance. The A-pillars are much more heavily raked than before and the flowing roofline and sweeping side window design gives more of a coupe look. This model is 150kg lighter than its predecessor too. Inside, the cabin's more spacious. At the wheel, a raised seating position optimises the driver's all-round view and the dash is dominated by a freestanding 10.25-inch touchscreen for navigation, communication and infotainment functions, featuring optional gesture control, which allows certain functions to be operated with simple movements of the hand or fingers. These are registered by a 3D sensor in the centre console and translated into the relevant commands. Customers can also opt for the new-generation BMW Head-Up Display. The rear has three full-size seats and customers can opt for electrically-adjustable chairs where the backrest angle can be altered at the push of a button. Boot capacity has increased by 20-litres to 610-litres, while folding the 40:20:40 split rear bench increases space to 1,800-litres - a 110-litre improvement.
Market and Model
Prices start at around £47,000 for the 630i petrol variant, with the pokier 640i derivative (which comes only with xDrive 4WD) priced at around £54,000. The 630d diesel most will want is priced from just over £50,000 in rear-driven form, or at around £53,000 with xDrive 4WD. Think in terms of a premium of around £3,000 over an equivalently-specifed 530d Touring estate and you won't be too far out. As with the 5 Series, only 'SE' and 'M Sport' trims are being offered. Standard equipment across the range includes automatic climate control and a rear-view camera. Stylish 18-inch light-alloy wheels are standard on 'SE' variants and rims of up to 21 inches in size can be ordered. 'M Sport' models get specific 19-inch light alloy wheels, leather upholstery with exclusive stitching, plus illuminated door sill strips. A thumping 16-speaker 1,400-watt Bowers and Wilkins Diamond Surround Sound System can be ordered as option, whilst a panoramic glass roof is standard on 'M Sport' models and optionally available on the 'SE' variants. Camera-driven safety kit includes the 'Collision and Pedestrian Warning with City Collision Mitigation' autonomous braking system, while the list of options includes an improved version of BMW's 'Active Cruise Control' set-up, along with 'Lane Departure' and 'Lane Change Warning' technology, plus there's a 'Crossing Traffic warning' feature and systems that deal with potential hazards at crossroads, junctions and one-way streets.
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While we remind ourselves that this is a car aimed squarely at the US and Chinese markets, it's worth remembering that it's also been engineered to pass the stringent Euro VI emissions regulations. The diesel cars have been treated to a whole slew of post-combustion processes, such as the fitment of a clever urea trap in the exhaust system to cut down on NoX emissions. The injection systems of the BMW petrol engines have also been incrementally improved, with even tinier holes that a fine mist of carefully measured petrol can be squeezed through, allowing for the car to be more efficient in its warm up cycle. Even the turbo waste gates are electronically controlled by tiny motors. Choose a petrol-engined 630i and you'll get 43.4mpg and 148g/km, which is a fair return for a car with 258bhp that's bigger than some central American republics. The 640i xDrive derivative manages 35.3mpg and 183g/km. The 630d version most will choose manages 57.6mpg and 129g/km in 2WD form - or 49.5mpg and 150g/km in xDrive guise. All variants are helped in their returns by Auto Start-Stop, Brake Energy Regeneration and the ECO PRO function to aid with economical driving. Advanced ancillary units, such as the on-demand coolant pump and the electronically controlled oil pump, further enhance intelligent energy management.
It's hard to fault the thinking behind this 6 Series Gran Turismo. You'd think, after all, that there would be a significant number of luxury saloon buyers wanting SUV-style road presence, plenty of SUV owners needing something a little less in your face and even a fairly large-sized batch of executive estate customers wanting something a little more interesting this time round. Now all of these people had options before this GT came along of course, but these always required compromising on the core values that each group held dear. In contrast, this BMW offers more of what they want with none of the concessions normally needed. Of course, there's always the danger that in trying to be too many things to too many people, you can end up pleasing nobody, but then this German brand has never been a company averse to taking a few risks. In this case, that's brought us a fascinating blend of upmarket class, refinement, and practicality that once more proves the Bavarians' mastery in making large heavy cars handle like much smaller, sportier ones. It's over long distances at high speeds though, that it really comes into its own. A Gran Turismo - just as BMW promised.
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New hardware means new accessories, and new accessories means... stuff that doesn't quite make sense when you first see it. One such example: the steering wheel peripheral that Ubisoft is producing for use with its upcoming Wii driving games Monster 4x4 World Circuit and GT Pro Series. Both games use the Wii Remote for steering - just grab both ends of the controller and hold it horizontally, tilting to turn your car. But the Wheel for Wii add-on, which comes free with the purchase of either racing game... well, it looks like a cozy foam home for your Remote in the shape of a circle. Will this really make a difference to players? We asked Tats Myojo, associate producer at Ubisoft for the details.
GR: The picture just shows a wheel floating in space. Is there really no base?
TM: There is no base for the wheel. A base would have taken the fun out of the motion sensing and wireless capabilities. In the case of Monster 4x4 World Circuit, players will use the Wheel to perform stunts to earn points during races. Players will simulate stunts onscreen, like the summersault or the tornado, by making circular movements or by twisting the wheel. For GT Pro Series, players have the option to manually shift the car by motioning the wheel forward and back.


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Rugs and carpets are furnishings that will never grow old. From one country to another, you are most likely to find households having one kind of carpeting or another. Carpets are most often found in the living room, in bedrooms, and family rooms. They add style and coziness to an otherwise bare room. However, carpets can present as many complications as it has advantages.
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Valentine's Day. The first observed holiday to follow the biggest, most important Christian holiday of the year. Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed the similarities shared by both?
The color red–Santa's suit and valentines; poinsettias and roses
Both have roots in Christianity, but those roots seem to take a back seat to the celebratory spirit of the date.
Both are named after a saint, albeit St. Valentine's Day was named after a martyr saint.
Christmas and Valentine's Day were initially celebrated in the name of someone who was executed.
Winged figures flying around in the air. Angels strum harps, Cupid shoots arrows through hearts.
Candy is strongly associated with both. So is a special meal.
Gifts, or at the very least, cards, are expected from loved ones.
Mass consumerism has taken over the original meaning of both days.
I remember in elementary school, we were expected to make a Valentine's box to display on Valentine's day. I would wrap a shoe box, one that had been saved just for this occasion, in red paper. Then I would painstakingly glue little candy hearts and cut-outs on it. As a perfectionist, my box had to be unequaled. I spent hours putting the finishing touches on what was to be the the bomb of all v-day boxes. A rectangular slot was cut along the top so that anybody that wanted to could put a little card inside. Mom once suggested that I simply cover a Kleenex box with tissue paper. "The opening is already there. It's so much simpler." Hell would freeze over before I would stoop so low as to to allow future husbands to put their declarations of love in a freaking snot-rag container!
The best cards were the ones that had a heart-shaped sucker attached. Even better if your 4th grade crush signed it "love". I would wait until I got home to lift the lid off my box and read the cards, in the privacy of my bedroom. Even though each kid got a valentine from every other kid in the class, just seeing the name of the one you secretly admired was the making of grade-school fantasies.
By middle school, Valentine's Day became a popularity contest, with girls congregating in the bathroom or at lunchtime to compare who-got-what-from-whom. Being popular with the boys, I often had several heart-shaped boxes of Brachs chocolates bestowed upon me. I once received an anonymous box of chocolate-covered cherries. I still don't know who gave them to me, but honestly, I think I'm one of the few people on earth who actually loves them! (Ditto fruitcake at Christmastime.)
Now that HK and I have been married for 21 years (!), I don't expect anything. Not flowers, not special chocolate, not dinner in a fancy restaurant. I would much rather have a nice bottle of wine in front of a cozy fireplace, snuggled with HK and our 3 pups. I know that the "reason for the season" is love, and seriously, isn't that what it's all about?.


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Players honour read twice in inaugural IRPA Awards
All Black Kieran Read has been paid a double compliment by his fellow professionals – winning IRPA's first Ultimate Rugby players' Player of the Year award, as well as a place in the players' World XV of the Year.
Only days after being named the IRB's outstanding player of the year and NZ Rugby's Player of the Year, Read becomes the first recipient of the player's Player of the Year title, having shrugged off challenges from fellow shortlisted candidates, Leigh Halfpenny (Wales) and All Black team-mate Ben Smith.
Neither Halfpenny nor Smith have completely missed out, however; each joining Read in the player's World XV of the Year.
The "IRPAS" - the first rugby awards judged by the players for the players, saw Australian AFL-convert Israel Folau win the "International Newcomer of the Year" award, and the players' "Team of the Year" title bestowed on New Zealand.
"It's pretty humbling, to be honest," Read said of his award. "There's no greater honour than to be recognised by the people you play against.
"Rugby's a tough game - on the field there's no quarter given or expected. So for your opponents to single you out for this sort of attention means an awful lot."
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said Read had been outstanding throughout the All Blacks' unbeaten calendar year; was a deserving recipient of the inaugural title, and congratulated IRPA for initiating the awards.
"Despite the intense rivalry in international rugby, there's a sense of honour and respect among players that these awards have captured nicely," he said.
"I'm delighted for Kieran, of course. But I'm equally delighted the players now have the opportunity to recognise their peers in such a positive way."
The players' World XV of the Year comprises seven New Zealanders, four Welshmen, two South Africans and one player each from France and England.
There was stiff competition for places at loose-forward, where All Black Liam Messam only just pipped Argentine Juan Fernandez Lobbe for the No.6 berth, and in the halfback pairings, where New Zealanders Aaron Smith and Aaron Cruden received marginally more votes than Samoan No.9 Kahn Fotuali'i and Irish stand-off Johnny Sexton.
However, the biggest bone of contention in the World XV was in the midfield with voting spread across four players – New Zealanders Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith; South African Jean de Villiers and French inside centre Wesley Fofana.
The final count favoured Fofana and Smith.
Warren Gatland, coach of Wales and the British and Ireland Lions, was pleased to see four players from his RBS Six Nations champions make the cut, and especially outstanding fullback Leigh Halfpenny.
"I'm chuffed for all of them, naturally – it's been a very good year for the British and Irish Lions, and for Wales," he said.
"But I'm particularly pleased for Leigh (Halfpenny). He was a stand-out performer during the Lions' win in Australia earlier in the year and was also at his very best throughout our Six Nations campaign."
Folau, who is the first athlete in history to play Rugby League, Australian Rule Football and Rugby Union at the highest level, took the international scene by storm in 2013, scoring 10 tries for the Wallabies – in the process equalling the record for a year set by Lote Tuqiri in 2004.
"I've really enjoyed my first year in rugby, but there is a lot I can improve on which I am now focussing on," said Folau. " Receiving this award is humbling because it's been voted by my peers. I couldn't have enjoyed the year I've had without the support of my team mates, coaches and officials, so this is as much for them as it is for me."
Meanwhile, rugby supporters still have time to vote for the IRPA Fans' Player and World XV of the Year Awards; the winners of which will be announced next week.
All fans need to do is to go to www.ultimaterugby.com, download the mobile app and follow the voting instructions contained within.
Ultimate Rugby IRPA Awards. Category winners.
Players' Player of the Year: Kieran Read
Players' World XV of the Year: Alex Corbisiero (ENG), Bismarck du Plessis (SA), Adam Jones (WAL), Eben Etzebeth (SA), Sam Whitelock; (NZ) Liam Messam (NZ), Sam Warburton (WAL), Kieran Read (NZ); Aaron Smith (NZ), Aaron Cruden (NZ), George North (WAL), Wesley Fofana (FRA), Conrad Smith (NZ), Ben Smith (NZ), Leigh Halfpenny (WAL).
Players' International Newcomer of the Year: Israel Folau (AUS)
Players' Team of the Year: New Zealand


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What are Lubricants?
A lubricant is a substance that when applied in a thin layer to an item of machinery, reduces friction, heat, and wear between the solid surfaces that are in contact with each other. By having the right and appropriate lubricant, the friction and wear of the materials can be controlled therefore providing reliable operation within the workplace and less money spent on maintenance.
A lubricant can come in various forms such as liquid (oil, water), solid, gaseous (air) or semisolid (grease). Also some lubricants contain additives to improve their performance. There are benefits of using a grease over oil in some situations. Grease seals out contaminants and has a better stop start performance as it doesnt drain away like oil. However grease is thicker than oil and therefore limits bearing speed, reduces cooling of components and is difficult to determine the right amount of grease that needs adding.
Lubricants come in various package types and sizes such as:
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Protects the components from seizure by the layers of the coating on the surfaces
Provide reliable operation and keep maintenance costs down
Increase equipment life expectancy
Reduces friction in engines
Controls friction in transmissions
Minimises wear - reduces wear by the protective layer on the surfaces
Heat transfer agent
Inhibits corrosion and oxidation - protects the surfaces from the attack of chemically active substances, such as oxygen, by creating a corrosion resistant layer
Removes wear debris and other contaminants
Lessons effect of high temperature extremes on viscosity (measure of an oils resistance to flow)
Reduces noise
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MOUNT CARMEL, Ill. (AP) _ A southern Illinois priest is being ousted for improvising part of his services.
Bishop Edward Braxton of the Belleville Diocese has told the Rev. Bill Rowe he's now considered retired and must leave the rectory at St. Mary Parish in Mount Carmel on July 10.
The 73-year-old priest says he hopes his appeal to the Vatican reverses Braxton's move, although he says that's a longshot. Braxton has appointed the Rev. Trevor Murry as parochial administrator of the parish. Murry is pastor of St. John the
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Rowe's long-stated practice of changing portions of the liturgy to make them easier to understand didn't become public until February. That came after church leaders in Rome revamped the liturgy to be based on earlier Latin versions.
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The San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo played to a 0-0 tie in their exhibition match Wednesday evening. The lack of scoring, however, belied plenty of action off the field as Quakes owner Lew Wolff and his players traded volleys in what looks to be the latest phase of the MLS' collective bargaining talks:
The PR war.
After the players' union received a shower of media attention last week in the wake of its vote to authorize a strike before the season begins on March 25, MLS owners have launched a counteroffensive in the last 48 hours meant to highlight their side of the story.
"As much as we want to portray ourselves as guys who are looking for simple rights and not money-hungry guys, [the owners] are going to try to paint a picture in their own way, to reflect things good on themselves," Jason Hernandez told MLSsoccer.com after anchoring San Jose's back line. "That's just the art of negotiation."
Tim Leiweke, chief executive of AEG, the firm that owns the Los Angeles Galaxy, told Reuters on Tuesday that the league will "never, ever agree to change" the single-entity system that players find odious and owners deem necessary—even if that means losing an entire season.
Real Salt Lake co-owner Dave Checketts was quoted in The Deseret News on Wednesday saying that in the event of a strike, owners "will take action that will make life very difficult" for players.
And Joe Roth, majority owner of the Seattle Sounders, suggested that a year-long strike could have a truly devastating effect on the league.
"If somehow we wouldn't be out there for a year . . . Everyone would lose their jobs," Roth told The Tacoma News Tribune. "We would all lose our franchises. And that would be that."
Wolff continued the blitz on Wednesday afternoon, releasing a 658-word statement that repeatedly put the onus of a work stoppage—and any damage it might cause MLS—wholly on the players.
"We do not support or even think about a 'lock-out' and we hope that he players will not assume that a strike will be to their benefit or to the benefit of the sport we all love," Wolff said.
A strike at this point in time would be especially painful to the Quakes. Wolff's carefully worded statement was equally carefully timed, coming the morning after the club received a green light from the San Jose City Council to move forward with their plans to build a stadium near the Mineta San Jose airport.
"Without labor being a cooperative partner, our plans for a new venue and expansion of our youth program will be set back for a period that certainly does not benefit the current or future players," Wolff said.
For their part, Wolff's players took the opportunity to highlight their own cohesion in the face of the impasse.
"Everybody knows what's at stake," Hernandez said. "Everyone understands all the different details that are being thrown around. I can't speak for everyone else, but in the San Jose Earthquakes locker room, everyone is really unified and really united and ready to step up to the challenge if need be. . . . It's important that the players show the media, show the fans and show the league that we're together. And we are."
Goalkeeper Joe Cannon and defender Chris Leitch caught a red-eye flight to Washington, D.C. after the game to join in a meeting of the union's representatives that begins Thursday and could run until Sunday, depending on how negotiations play out.
"I think we're asking for reasonable things," Cannon told MLSsoccer.com. "Our bargaining points and the things that we're striving for . . . we all feel that it doesn't do anything to affect the (business) model that's brought us here. Obviously, both sides look at it differently, and so be it. That's just the way it is. There's always two sides, especially in this country. Maybe there needs to be more."
As the possibility of a strike looms, both sides are aiming to win the hearts and minds of fans who would undoubtedly be disappointed if that does come to pass.
"We just want them to know what's going on," Chris Wondolowski said. "I think if they did, and followed us day-in and day-out . . . they would see our side, and kind of see where we're coming from.
"It's not necessarily for us. It's for the generations that hopefully come behind us."


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This book is dedicated to all young chess players aspiring to improve but I also hope that it will be interesting for admirers of the Azeri "number one" chess player's creativity and his fans. Further we hope this book will be useful for coaches in their work.
Together with Mamedyarov
This book is a presentation of the history of all the Candidates tournaments and matches, spanning from Budapest 1950 to Berlin 2018. It is also a book of tests and solutions, featuring hand selected game fragments from the various Candidates events. The tests vary widely in their degree of complexity. allowing a wide circle of readers to find the tests corresponding to their own chess level here
Together with the Candidates
Calculation Training Tools and Practical Decision Making
This book invites the reader to enter the wonderful elite chess world with one of the most creative Grandmasters of all time. It tells about his approach to the core of fighting, about his strongest points but also about his weaknesses. It presents real masterpieces and hurtful losses. However, the author not only shows a panorama of his creativity but also offers the reader to think over the problems together with "Moro". You can simply take place in his seat, look through his eyes and finally play like Morozevich!
Together with Morozevich
Fresh Ideas and New Weapons for Black in the Ruy Lopez
The Zaitsev System is one of the most dynamic setups for Black in the ever popular Ruy Lopez chess opening. When Alexey Kuzmin joined the coaching staff of World Champion Anatoly Karpov in the 1980s he started analysing the Zaitsev System, and later continued his investigations as a second of Alexander Morozevich. For this book he has updated and improved his analysis, and found countless innovations that change the assessments of many lines.
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Fresh Ideas and New Weapons for Black in the Ruy Lopez
The Zaitsev System is one of the most dynamic setups for Black in the ever popular Ruy Lopez chess opening. When Alexey Kuzmin joined the coaching staff of World Champion Anatoly Karpov in the 1980s he started analysing the Zaitsev System, and later continued his investigations as a second of Alexander Morozevich. For this book he has updated and improved his analysis, and found countless innovations that change the assessments of many lines.
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The Tarrasch Defence to the Queen's Gambit, which arises after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Ne3 c5, is one ofthe most flexible systems at Black's disposa. He can choose the aggressive attacking play of the Von Henning-Schara Gambit, sharp positional play of the isolated pawn positions in teh Classical Tarrasch, or take a chance on the risky Swedish variation.
Play the Tarrasch
Dazzle Your Opponents!
Dangerous Weapons is a series of opening books which supply the reader with an abundance of hard-hitting ideas to revitalize his or her opening repertoire. In this book, three opening experts team up and take a contemporary look at the Ruy Lopez, one of the most popular chess openings. Instead of analysing the well-trodden main lines they concentrate on fresh or little-explored variations, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover!
EBOOK - Dangerous Weapons: The Ruy Lopez
A completely updated edition which presents a Black repertoire based on the French.
The French Defence - Reloaded
It is not always possible to win a game of chess by obtaining an advantage and then logically converting it into a win. In the games of average players the result is often in doubt until the last blunder and the more resourceful player will usually triumph.
Saving Lost Positions
Updated in 2011 with New, Improved Lines of Play
The Spanish Chess Opening, also known as the Ruy Lopez, named a Spanish clergyman who made it popular, is one of the oldest and most heavily analyzed of openings, with many variations having been analyzed up to move 20. Yet, there are still new things being discovered about it. This book covers early attempts by either side to wrest the initiative from the other by means of an early pawn sacrifice.
Spanish Gambits - UPDATED
Dazzle Your Opponents!
Are you tired of playing the same old openings time and time again? Perhaps it's time for a change, but you cannot decide between the numerous options available. Here's the answer: choose Dangerous Weapons and amaze your opponents with new and exciting opening ideas!
In this book, three renowned opening experts get together to take a revolutionary look at Flank Openings. Instead of travelling down well-trodden and analyzed paths, they concentrate on fresh or little-explored variations, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colors.
EBOOK - Dangerous Weapons - Flank Openings
How Garry Kasparov Changed the World of Chess
May 1997. It was the match that stunned the world: Chess Champion Garry Kasparov was beaten by the massively parallel computer, Beep Blue - an opponent that Kasparov had vanquished in 1996. But unlike his human opponents, Deep Blue could be redesigned in the intervening year. The result: the first "player" - computer or human - ever to win a match against the chess genius. Kasparov's own move-by-move analysis of these games in "A New Era" shows just how much IBM has improved the breed, and how they were spoiling for a fight in the momentous rematch. A must read for anyone who is passionate about the world's most enduring game of strategy and wits, A New Era takes the reader inside the world of professional chess, offering insiders' insights (including those of Kasparov himself) into the politics and psychology of competition at the top levels of play, whether against human or machine.
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This book clearly lays out the main lines with plenty of attention given to novelties and likely side paths. A complete chapter is dedicated to the Modern Exchange variation and essential stratagems are revealed.
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The Chess Terrorist's Handbook is a collection of deeply annotated chess games drawn from Leonid Shamkovich's forty years of tournament combat against such players as David Bronstein, Mikhail Tal and Boris Spassky.
CLEARANCE - The Chess Terrorist's Handbook
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The Nimzo-Indian Defence is a dynamic hypermodern opening in which Black develops quickly, planning to cripple White's pawn structure and exploit the weak pawns later in the game. White's chances stem from his possibilities of creating a large center and opening the position for his bishop pair.
CLEARANCE - New Ideas in the Nimzo-Indian Defence
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When these two authors undertook to revise their 1983 treatment of the Schliemann Defense, they found that the opening had enjoyed such exercise in tournament (including Candidate Match) and correspondence play, that it would require four volumes to contain the current theory in adequate depth. This first volumee treats the lines after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 f5 4 Nc3 fxe4 5 Nxe4 Nf6, known as the Tartakower Variation.
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Grandmaster Shamkovich and Eric Schiller present a study of a variation once deemed "quiet" which has developed into a solid defense for Black. This book provides original analysis and current tournament practice in the line, with exceptional attention to the latest developments. Here is a tournament weapon which has not received sufficient attention previously. This work advances the theory of the variation for both over-the-board and correspondence players.
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In relief that I wasn't required to give up caffeine and alcohol - though I'm consciously trying to reduce my consumption of both - I've sworn off random online shopping for the 40 Days. It's been easy to justify internet shopping, as my wardrobe has slowly been going through a major upgrade from grad student clogs and hoodies to professional professorial chic. I typically have a hard time finding things I like when I set out to purposely shop, so when I see something that appeals to me, I tend to buy it. Still, my online shopping has been a little haphazard, and doesn't always fill in the necessities for my closet. This little break will allow me to be more aware of what I have and what I truly need.
These beauties caught my eye today. Maybe they'll find a good home with someone who's not on a shopping ban.
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Check out the free sample of Alana's multiple-choice novels, Choice of Kung Fu, Showdown at Willow Creek, and Choice of the Pirate. Read Alana's short fiction on the Web: "Nomi's Wish" at Coyote Wild and free fiction piece "Autumn Leaves." Alana's novels are available as e-books at DriveThru Fiction.
Virgil and Beatrice is proud to host a new short story by Andrew G. Schneider: "Cool, with Plenty of Water."


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Продвижение к гендерному равенству и расширению экономических возможностей женщин на пути к устойчивому развитию: передовая практика региона ЕЭК ООН
Promoting gender equality and women's economic empowerment on the road to sustainable development: good practices from the UNECE region
Achieving gender equality requires measures to compensate for existing disadvantages that prevent equal opportunities from being presented to both men and women. UNECE has identified several key areas where disadvantages for women currently exist in the region, as well as policy and programmatic strategies implemented in many of its member States to target them. These key areas include:
- The need for equal access to and equal treatment of women and men when using economic and financial resources or information, in education and training. Policies in this area focus on the elimination of barriers that women face to accessing, for example, the rights to own their own land in Kyrgyzstan, microcredit loans in Albania, and information regarding financial management and the basics of market economics in Uzbekistan.
- The central role that promoting equal pay, a gender-sensitive work environment, and equitable opportunities for advancement play in eliminating the gender pay gap. Strategies highlighted to reduce gender inequalities in the workplace target the wage differentials that remain a persistent challenge in the UNECE region. For example, countries such as Denmark and Germany have offered positive incentives for private companies to identify gender differences in their wage structures and take actions to close the gender pay gap, whereas countries such as Portugal have enacted new Labour Codes that enforce equal pay guidelines with monetary fines.
- The way in which micro and small enterprises (many of which are run by women) are supported is an important tool to create new opportunities for women to generate income and new sustainable patterns of production of goods and services. Programmatic responses to address ubiquitous issues in the region such as the need for networking opportunities and support systems for women entrepreneurs, as well as the need for specialized knowledge and skills trainings are highlighted.
- The importance of increasing the proportion of women in top-down administrative decision-making positions in the region as a key pathway to women's empowerment. Several gender quota schemes implemented in the public (Poland, Norway) and private (Netherlands, Denmark) sector are presented as well as an example of an international coalition to increase women's decision-making power at the community level in the area of climate change.
- The need for facilitating a balance between work and family life as a means to overcome women's persistently disadvantaged position in the labour market.


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gleam wrote:Here's hoping everything stays the same.
G Wiv wrote:After a dismal lunch at Tony C's favorite buffet, Buffet Palace (not my idea)
Octarine wrote:As a fan of the Buffet Palace, I am saddened to hear you had a bad meal. In my defense I have only ever eaten there on weekend evenings when most buffets are much better.
G Wiv wrote:It wasn't so much an overtly bad meal as dull, boring, bland.
Jazzfood wrote:Lately, I've been going here more and more for the al pastor. When they're on, they're as good as I've had...
Da Beef wrote:Except today was the first time I've ever seen a pineapple on top and had some in my tacos when here and I def. prefer them with.
Jefe wrote:At least they had the charred jalapenos today, which at this point, after a few unsuccessful runs, might be my only reason to return to Tierra Caliente.
Jamieson22 wrote:So I had lunch a few weeks back at their 2nd location (I assume it is the second location based on exhaustive investigative measures of the name) and was very underwhelmed.
I had gone with a rajas gordita, pastor taco and lomo taco. Perhaps it was bad ordering at the time but nothing was all that exciting and I was picking up a harsh solventy taste in their red salsa.
Any comparisons between the two?
Carniceria y Taqueria Tierra Caliente #2
2556 West Armitage Avenue, Chicago, IL - (773) 486-5936
JeffB wrote:Even the various Pasaditas aren't identical.
stevez wrote:Hey PigOut, I must have just missed you. I was there around 1:20 for a chivo and an al pastor. The taco de chivo was great, with just the right mix of fat to meat and the cut-fresh-from-the-trompo al pastor, served with a extra slice of pineapple, had me ordering a second one.


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DETROIT – Michigan's Presidential Election is scheduled for Nov. 6.
Ahead of election day The Glengariff Group, Inc. conducted a 600-sample survey of likely 2012 Michigan General Election voters. The live operator telephone survey was conducted from August 18-20, 2012. 80% of the survey respondents were contact via land-line. 20% of survey respondents were contacted via cell phone. The survey has a margin of error of +/-4.0% with a 95% level of confidence. This survey was commissioned by WDIV Local 4, the Detroit News and WZZM.
Here are the results:
Are you voting?
Thinking about the upcoming Presidential election in November, would you say are definitely voting, probably voting, probably not voting, definitely not voting, or would you say you have already voted absentee?
How is President Obama doing?
Would you say you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President of the United States?
Is the nation on the right track?
Generally speaking would you say the nation is on the right track or would you say things have gotten off on the wrong track?
Who would you vote for?
If the election for President of the United States were held today and Barack Obama was the Democratic candidate and Mitt Romney was the Republican candidate, would you vote for Mitt Romney or Barack Obama to be President of the United States?
President Barack Obama holds a 47.5%-42.0% lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, with 9.3% of voters undecided. The race remains stuck with little movement since May 2012 when President Obama held a 45.1%-39.5% lead over Mitt Romney.
- Among male voters the race is statistically tied at 44.7% Barack Obama – 45.0% Mitt Romney.
- Among female voters, Barack Obama holds a 50.4%-39.0% lead over Mitt Romney. This 11.4% lead is statistically unchanged from a 12.0% lead in our May 2012 survey.
- Barack Obama holds a lead of 82.2%-8.8% among African American voters with 7.6% undecided. Among Caucasian voters, Mitt Romney holds a 48.5%-40.8% lead with 9.7% undecided.
- Among voters aged 65 and older, the race is statistically tied at 43% Obama – 44% Romney.
- Mitt Romney holds a narrow lead of 41.3%-38.7% among Independent voters.
- Among union households, Barack Obama holds a 55.5%-36.7% lead. Among non union households, the candidates are tied with Barack Obama at 44.9% and Mitt Romney at 44.5%.
- Regionally, Barack Obama continues to hold a 47%-42% lead among Oakland County voters. Mitt Romney leads in Macomb County by a margin of 46%-40%. In Wayne County, non Detroit Barack Obama holds a strong 55.6%-32.8% lead. And in the City of Detroit, Barack Obama holds an 85.0%-2.5% lead.
Romney's likability deficit
Respondents were asked if they had a favorable or unfavorable impression of each candidate.
- By a margin of 47.5%-44.5%, voters have a favorable opinion of Barack Obama.
- By a margin of 38.3%-43.8%, voters have an unfavorable opinion of Mitt Romney.
This favorability difference becomes more pronounced by gender.
- Men have an unfavorable impression of Barack Obama by a statistically tied 45.7%-46.7% and a favorable impression of Mitt Romney by a statistically tied margin of 43.3%-41.0%.
- But women have a favorable impression of Barack Obama by a margin of 49.3%-42.3 and a strongly unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney by a margin of 33.3%-46.7% -- a 13.4% negative margin.
- Amongst voters that are undecided in the presidential race, Barack Obama has an unfavorable impression of 30.4% favorable to 37.5% unfavorable. 38.3% of undecided voters have no opinion of Barack Obama. Among these same voters, Mitt Romney has an unfavorable impression by a large margin of 19.6% favorable to 37.5% unfavorable. 41.1% of undecided voters have no opinion of Mitt Romney.
Who would you like to have dinner with?
Respondents were asked which candidate they would rather have dinner with and by a margin of 51.3%-31.3%, voters chose Barack Obama over Mitt Romney. Republicans were the only demographic group that would prefer to have dinner with Mitt Romney over Barack Obama.
The economy
Which candidate for President do you think would do a better job of handling our nation's economy, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?
Respondents were asked a series of questions about which candidate would handle specific issues better and the economy continues to be Barack Obama's Achilles' heel. Voters were statistically tied as to which candidate would do a better job handling the nation's economy with Mitt Romney at 45.8% to Barack Obama at 45.0%.
The automotive industry
Which candidate for President has a better plan for Michigan's automobile industry, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?
When asked which candidate had a better plan for Michigan's automobile industry, Barack Obama held a 42.5%-32.2% lead over Mitt Romney with 12.2% saying "neither candidate".
Romney's Vice Presidential pick
Mitt Romney selected Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan to be his Vice Presidential nominee. Does the selection of Paul Ryan make you more likely to vote for Mitt Romney, more likely to vote for Barack Obama, or will the selection have no impact on how you vote for President?
- Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan has 88% name identification breaking marginally favorably with 32.8% of voters having a favorable impression of him, 28.8% having an unfavorable impression and 25.8% of voters having no opinion of him. 12.5% of voters have not heard of Paul Ryan.
- Voters were asked if the selection of Paul Ryan made them more likely to vote for Mitt Romney, more likely to vote for Barack Obama, or if it had no impact on their vote:
- 24.3% were more likely to vote for Mitt Romney, 21.3% were more likely to vote for Barack Obama and 53.3% said it had no impact on their vote.
52.1% of strong Republicans say the Ryan selection makes them more likely to vote for Mitt Romney, 45.8% said it had no impact. 44.6% of leaning Republicans say the Ryan selection makes them more likely to vote for Romney compared to 51.8% who said the selection had no impact. 26.0% of Independent voters said the Ryan selection made them more likely to vote for Romney as compared to 17.3% who said they would be more likely to vote for Obama. 55.3% said the selection had no impact.
Voter excitement level
Voters were asked on a scale of one to ten how excited they were to cast a ballot in this year's Presidential Election. Overall, voters rated their excitement at 7.6.
- Strong Republicans and strong Democratic voters are equally motivated at 8.2. At 7.8, leaning Republicans were more motivated than leaning Democratic voters who rated their excitement at 7.0. Independent voters were substantially less motivated at 6.7.
- At 8.3, African American voters are significantly more motivated than Caucasian voters at 7.6. Wayne County voters were motivated at 8.0 and Detroit voters were motivated at 8.4. The only region of the state more motivated to vote than Detroit voters were Southwest Michigan voters at 8.6.
- The least motivated voters were in the Tri Cities region (6.5), the Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan (7.3) and the suburban rim around Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties (7.3).
United States Senate Race
If the election for United States Senator was held today and Debbie Stabenow was the Democratic candidate and Pete Hoekstra was the Republican candidate, would you vote for Pete Hoekstra or Debbie Stabenow to be United States Senator for Michigan.
Michigan United States Senator Debbie Stabenow holds a 47.5%-40.3% lead over Republican challenger Pete Hoekstra.
- Debbie Stabenow has 97% name identification breaking 40.3% favorable, 34.3% unfavorable and 22.3% of voters having no opinion of her. 2.7% of voters have not heard of Debbie Stabenow.
- Pete Hoekstra also has 84% name identification breaking 24.3% favorable, 25.5% unfavorable and 34.0% of voters having no opinion of him. 16.0% of voters have not heard of Pete Hoekstra.
- Two weeks after his primary victory, Pete Hoekstra has united the Republican Party with 88% of strong Republican voters supporting his candidacy and 75% of leaning Republicans supporting his candidacy. By comparison, Debbie Stabenow has 86.6% of strong Democratic voters and 68% of leaning Democratic voters. Stabenow leads among Independent voters by a margin of 49.3%- 33.4%.
Stabenow as a U.S. Senator
Would you say you approve or disapprove of the job Debbie Stabenow is doing as United States Senator from Michigan?
Looking ahead
Thursday on Local 4 News at 11 we'll release results of the survey which include Michigan ballot issues and how voters think Rick Snyder is performing as Michigan's Governor.


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Incredible Finale Ligure, Italy was home to the Cannondale mountain team camp the final week of February. Twenty-five journalists from six countries were introduced to the international Cannondale Factory Racing XC team and the Cannondale OverMountain team, making for a week full of interviews, riding, friendly competition and camaraderie.
The Cannondale mountain team is split between four Cannondale Factory Racing riders that will race at the World Cup XC level, and four OverMountain riders that will compete in the Enduro World Series along withvarious other Enduro events around the globe. The Cannondale Factory Racing team is made-up of Olympic bronze medalist Marco Fontana from Italy, along with Germany's Manuel Fumic, American Keegan Swenson and Anton Cooper from New Zealand. France's Jerome Clementz and Americans Mark Weir, Ben Cruz and Jason Moeschler are the OverMountain team focusing on the Enduro segment.
"Cannondale team camp was a great experience," said Fumic. "One of my favorite parts was uniting with all of my teammates and sharing the passion we all have for riding mountain bikes. It was amazing how the team came together as a family, whether on the trail or over dinner."
Racing can be serious stuff, but you wouldn't have guessed it that week. Nights were filled with Italian cuisine, wine and antics, while XC and Enduro riding and racing took place during the day. There were smiles all around as the riders and journalists broke into eight, four-person teams and got the chance to race their Cannondale bikes during a XC relay race, which ultimately came down to a sprint for the win between XC specialist Manuel Fumic and Enduro star Jerome Clementz. The fun continued the following day, as team members, journalists, and Cannondale staff competed in an Enduro race hosted by promoters of the Enduro World Series. After three stages of racing their Cannondale Jekylls and Trigger 29ers, Ben Cruz took home top honors from the 'pro' division.
"What a great way to start the season. Having a blast in one of the best riding areas of the world with my teammates, Cannondale staff, journalists, and the sun was super fun," said Clementz. "Spending the week taking pictures, making videos, interviewing, doing fun races and goofing around could not motivate you more for the season and make you love your job even more. I'm already looking forward to the 2014 team camp."